28 Day Clothing Challenge

So I am super excited for this month!!! And this clothing challenge. Especially because all of this is inspired by Grace. Our little 10 year old is such a beautiful young lady who has such a servant, kind, compassionate and loving heart. And I LOVE when she gets excited about something.

And so this month her GEMS group is doing a 28 day clothing challenge from February 2 - March 1 to help bring understanding as to how we live compared to girls in Zambia. Since we all have closets full of clothes that we wear, this challenge encourages all the girls to pick 15 items of clothing out of their closet and wear only those clothes for the entire 28 days. With a few other guidelines...

Lesson: TO LEARN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT WE NEED.

I like it! I like it a lot!

So here are the rules for the challenge:

1. Choose 15 items of clothing in total - pants, skirts, jeans, tops and any accessories beyond those allowed.

2. Not included in the 15 items are: uniform needed for work, shoes, underwear, socks, bathing suit, sport clothes, or clothing needed to stay warm ( coat, mitts, scarf, toque) Decorative scarfs are included in the 15 items;)

3. Create all your outfits for the next 28 days out of these 15 items

4. Jewelry: you are allowed one set of jewelry - one pair of earrings, one necklace, a watch and your rings. If you want more pieces of jewelry they have to be part of your 15!

You can wash these items as often as you need to and we are supposed to keep track of our thoughts and feelings related to this challenge.

Grace is doing it and has inspired (at the very least) me and the little girls to do it too. Cory may or may not be on board...

Are you up for the challenge? If you are....that's awesome. Pick your clothes. Stick with it. And write down what you thought and when. Let's chat in 28 days!

oh well...new month ;)

So I just read my last post and of course I didn't stick to many of my resolutions and some I totally failed at...what can I say...i am still learning about goal setting and perseverance...sometimes you just have to get back up again.

January can be summed up in a few sentences:
-Kate is anti-sleep training...and we are on the worst stretch of sleep deprivation yet...
-Maggie is thinking about potty training, but of course likes the jelly bean incentive way more...
-Little exercise for myself ;P
-haven't looked up triathlon dates but did meet a family whose kids do triathlons and feel even more inspired
-Have meal planned! Have read toddler wise! And have spoke out psalms...all very very helpful!

3/7 ain't bad right??

oh well...new month ahead ;)

It's a New Year!

Praise God! It's a brand new day and a brand new year!

And like many people I am in the mood to set some New Year's resolutions...and try to fulfill them!

One of them is tracking along with this blog...hehe...I think I've written about this in every entry so far!

But I also want to finish what I start and seemingly and historically have a VERY hard time with this. Lots of vision but little perseverance! And if I have perseverance it is very emotionally drawn out!

So here's to level headed perseverance and a willingness to change and to not be gripped with the fear and the idea that I cannot change!

So here's to little goals...achieveable goals...measurable goals!

So Day 5 of January these are some goals:

1) Sleep Train Kate...oh to sleep through the night again! How much more productive will I be with a good nights rest under my belt!

2) Potty - Train Maggie....need I say more...

and of course for myself...study God's word, read more parenting books, exercise more, eat less, be a better friend and family member...and big one...remember birthdays and send cards!

So to break this all down for January:

1) I will read toddler wise!
2) Start Kate on a schedule for feeds with a start time to our day...oh no...I think I may have to set the alarm clock...
3) Look up triathilon training schedules for Grace and myself;)
4) Jog for 20 min monday, wednesday and friday
5) Wake up and read a psalm out loud everyday
6) Meal plan!

Today is thursday... i will check in on monday and let you know how i'm doing!

and hopefully this accountability helps....